Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Flabellina pricei

Photographed by: Walter Marti

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidina
Family:	Flabellinidae
Species:	Flabellina pricei

This nice photo shows 2 animals feeding on an athecate hydroid (Halecium sp.); one attacking the polyp and the other crawling up the stalk. What the photo does not show is the characters that diagnose this species of flabellinid aeolid – its lamellate rhinophores, or the broken line of opaque white along the sides of the body. This is a particularly pale coloured individual.

Locality:

• USA
  • California (3) Jan, Sep, Oct
  • La Jolla (2) Aug, Dec
  • Washington (1) May
• Canada
  • British Columbia (2) Apr

 

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